Christianity and the Making of the Modern Family

Name: Christianity and the Making of the Modern Family
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ISBN: 9780807054079

ISBN-10: 0807054070

ISBN-13: 9780807054079

Edition: 2001

Authors: Rosemary R. Ruether

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From the author of the groundbreaking Sexism and God-Talk and Womanguides, a masterful work that sheds light on two of our oldest institutions How did a religion whose founding proponents advocated a shocking disregard of earthly ties come to extol the virtues of the "traditional" family? In this richly textured history of the relationship between Christianity and the family, Rosemary Radford Ruether traces the development of these centerpieces of modern life to reveal the misconceptions at the heart of the "family values" debate. "Ruether combines careful scholarship, theological reflection, and passionate vision, and her suggested alternative to the family model that the Christian right…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 7/13/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English